The state’s largest online charter school said in court filings last week that it will close by January if it’s forced to pay back nearly $80 million to the state from two attendance audits. But state ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Charter school critics cheered the vote Thursday night to shut down the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT) online charter school, while State Rep. Andrew Brenner and ECOT ...

Diplomas await ECOT graduates at the June 2017 commencement ceremony. Thousands of students are either starting in a new school or still looking for a place to take classes after the closure of the ...

COLUMBUS (WCMH) – The state’s largest online charter school could close as soon as next week. The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT), with an enrollment of about 12,000 students, is losing its ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Students from the just-closed ECOT online charter school have started to land in school districts and other charters, but the numbers remain low and it's too early to tell how well ...

COLUMBUS (AP)– The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, or ECOT, possibly closing in the middle of the school year has some parents afraid of what it would mean for their children. This closure comes ...

Ohio Democrats have unleashed relentless attacks on Republican officeholders for the handling of ECOT, where a big GOP donor got rich, a large, poorly performing online school closed mid-year and ...

A state audit released Thursday says the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow purposely inflated the amount of time it claimed its students were engaged in learning, leading the now-closed online school ...

COLUMBUS - For years, Republican leaders heaped praise on the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow – billed as an online alternative to poorly performing public schools. Now, the GOP can't put enough ...

After a unanimous vote Thursday night by its sponsor to sever ties, there is literally no tomorrow for the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow. The Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West board ...

Online charter school Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, or ECOT, claims the audit methods used by the Ohio Department of Education is illegal. ECOT helps educate more than 15,000 students statewide ...

The state and its largest online charter school are locked in a dispute over how to prove it’s providing an education to its more than 15,000 students. That fight is not just playing out in court but ...